'File 17/6 Books and Periodicals: Correspondence re. Supply and Rules for the supply of articles'
Scope & Content:
The file documents the purchase of books and periodicals (and the management of subscriptions) by the Bahrain Political Agency. To this end it contains receipts and bills, correspondence between the Political Agent (Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett, and Charles Geoffrey Prio...
The file is concerned with the Bahrain Agency Library, which is a stock of books considered to be of use to Agency staff. The file therefore contains orders for new books, and relevant invoices and receipts; the main supplier is Messrs Thacker and Company Limited, Bombay. It also contains corres...